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...resident demanded to see the raw data, expressing skepticism about the validity of the balancing method. Another said he was confused about the “three-tier system” that survey respondents used to register their preferences. “I don’t know what a tier is in this case,” said the resident...
...dominate the initial coverage and then let the story die a natural death. Normally, "within days the story starts to blow over and there's reader fatigue with it so they move onto to the next story in the news cycle," Bandurski says. "It's very effective." But that method is trickier with an issue like the taxi strikes, which are the result of long-standing grievances - sometimes going back a decade - that have been left largely unaddressed. Unlike other protests, these strikes are not directed specifically against the communist party, which may also explain why the official media...
...candidate." That was false modesty. In California he was the movement's star, its producer and director. And Penn dominates the film - not in his usual way, by making brooding seem like a form of higher calisthenics. Perhaps the least homosexual actor around, Penn here reins in his Method bluster to locate the sweetness and vulnerability beneath Milk's assured persona. He becomes this character - surely far from his experience - with no italicizing, no condescension, no sweat. This isn't an impersonation; it's an inhabiting...
...problem believe he is with them, and on few issues has this been more apparent than on education.Before he won the Democratic nomination, Obama gave education reformers reason to dream. He introduced a bill in the Senate to reward good teachers and rate effectiveness using, in part, a "statistical method to measure the influence of a teacher." It was opposed by the NEA. In his book The Audacity of Hope, he sounded as if he were channeling urban-school reformers like Rhee: "There's no reason why an experienced, highly qualified and effective teacher shouldn't earn...
...this huge period of immigration, legal and illegal, over the past 20 years, it’s actually not all that easy to find negative impact from immigration,” Dominguez said. He discussed the barriers inherent in pursuing immigration reform, particularly devising a method for currently illegal immigrants to obtain citizenship. Although a path toward legalization is favorable in that it would lead to decreased law-breaking and a more manageable flow of labor, a system allowing undocumented immigrants to eventually become citizens may motivate more immigrants to enter illegally. He acknowledged the proposal of a mandatory citizenship...